Possessing Love’s Reasons: Or Why a Rationalist Lover Can Have a Normal Romantic Life

The rationalist lover accepts that whom she ought to love is has most reason love. She also the qualities of a person are reasons them. This seems suggest if encounters someone with better than her beloved, then rationally required trade up. In this paper, I argue need not be case and can have just about as normal romantic life anyone could hope for. because we often do possess our beloveds. To see why so, think more carefully (i) how come for (ii) higher-order govern whether should seek or refrain from possessing said reasons. Reflection on these issues leads what call Possession-Commitment Account Love’s Reasons. use account address additional worries rationalism highlight being rational potentially get us out messes. conclude plausible after all, other areas practical lives well.